Cortical interneurons can be categorized into distinct populations based on multiple modalities,including molecular signatures and morpho-electrical(M/E)properties.Recently,many transcriptomic signatures based on sing...Cortical interneurons can be categorized into distinct populations based on multiple modalities,including molecular signatures and morpho-electrical(M/E)properties.Recently,many transcriptomic signatures based on single-cell RNA-seq have been identified in cortical interneurons.However,whether different interneuron populations defined by transcriptomic signature expressions correspond to distinct M/E subtypes is still unknown.Here,we applied the Patch-PCR approach to simultaneously obtain the M/E properties and messenger RNA(mRNA)expression of>600 interneurons in layer V of the mouse somatosensory cortex(S1).Subsequently,we identified 11 M/E subtypes,9 neurochemical cell populations(NCs),and 20 transcriptomic cell populations(TCs)in this cortical lamina.Further analysis revealed that cells in many NCs and TCs comprised several M/E types and were difficult to clearly distinguish morpho-electrically.A similar analysis of layer V interneurons of mouse primary visual cortex(V1)and motor cortex(M1)gave results largely comparable to S1.Comparison between S1,V1,and M1 suggested that,compared to V1,S1 interneurons were morpho-electrically more similar to M1.Our study reveals the presence of substantial M/E variations in cortical interneuron populations defined by molecular expression.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021ZD0202500)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930044 and 31725012)+3 种基金the Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(2019-01-07-00-07-E00062)the Collaborative Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission(2020CXJQ01)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(No.2018SHZDZX01)ZJLab.
文摘Cortical interneurons can be categorized into distinct populations based on multiple modalities,including molecular signatures and morpho-electrical(M/E)properties.Recently,many transcriptomic signatures based on single-cell RNA-seq have been identified in cortical interneurons.However,whether different interneuron populations defined by transcriptomic signature expressions correspond to distinct M/E subtypes is still unknown.Here,we applied the Patch-PCR approach to simultaneously obtain the M/E properties and messenger RNA(mRNA)expression of>600 interneurons in layer V of the mouse somatosensory cortex(S1).Subsequently,we identified 11 M/E subtypes,9 neurochemical cell populations(NCs),and 20 transcriptomic cell populations(TCs)in this cortical lamina.Further analysis revealed that cells in many NCs and TCs comprised several M/E types and were difficult to clearly distinguish morpho-electrically.A similar analysis of layer V interneurons of mouse primary visual cortex(V1)and motor cortex(M1)gave results largely comparable to S1.Comparison between S1,V1,and M1 suggested that,compared to V1,S1 interneurons were morpho-electrically more similar to M1.Our study reveals the presence of substantial M/E variations in cortical interneuron populations defined by molecular expression.
